Download or read book Inside Toyland written by Christine L. Williams and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-01-09 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I got my first job working in a toy store when I was 41 years old." So begins sociologist Christine Williams's description of her stint as a low-wage worker at two national toy store chains: one upscale shop and one big box outlet. In this provocative, perceptive, and lively book, studded with rich observations from the shop floor, Williams chronicles her experiences as a cashier, salesperson, and stocker and provides broad-ranging, often startling, insights into the social impact of shopping for toys. Taking a new look at what selling and buying for kids are all about, she illuminates the politics of how we shop, exposes the realities of low-wage retail work, and discovers how class, race, and gender manifest and reproduce themselves in our shopping-mall culture. Despite their differences, Williams finds that both toy stores perpetuate social inequality in a variety of ways. She observes that workers are often assigned to different tasks and functions on the basis of gender and race; that racial dynamics between black staff and white customers can play out in complex and intense ways; that unions can't protect workers from harassment from supervisors or demeaning customers even in the upscale toy store. And she discovers how lessons that adults teach to children about shopping can legitimize economic and social hierarchies. In the end, however, Inside Toyland is not an anticonsumer diatribe. Williams discusses specific changes in labor law and in the organization of the retail industry that can better promote social justice.
Download or read book Welcome to Toyland written by Enid Blyton and published by . This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome back to Toyland and Noddy's little adventures with some of the best friends around!These classic stories are sure to rekindle nostalgia in older readers, and are so adorable a whole new generation will fall in love
Download or read book Toyland in the Air written by Toyland and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Choosing a Career in the Toy Industry written by John Giacobello and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2000-12-15 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information about the educational requirements, employment opportunities, and creative potential within the world of toys.
Download or read book New York written by and published by . This book was released on 1985-11 with total page 1598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Can You See what I See written by Walter Wick and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An amazing new search-and-find adventure from the creative mind of renowned photographer and author Walter Wick. Amazing photographs accompany a search-and-find story by Walter Wick, the creator of award-winning picture books, the author and photographer of the New York Times bestselling Can You See What I See? series, and the photographer of the bestselling I Spy series. CAN YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? TOYLAND EXPRESS, the eighth title in the bestselling search-and-find series, follows the life of a toy train from the workshop to the attic, only to be rescued at a yard sale and brought to life once again in a new home. As readers search for more than 250 hidden objects, they will also notice how the train takes on various transformations along its journey.
Download or read book Toy Academy Some Assembly Required Toy Academy 1 written by Brian Lynch and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious and heartwarming illustrated novel from the writer of MINIONS; a classic in the making. Playing is serious business.Welcome to Toy Academy: where toys learn to play. This is where action figures train to battle, stuffed animals study the art of the hug, and collectibles practice standing very, very still. Though Grumbolt isn't really any of those things, he's determined to fit in. But when the Evil Toy Academy threatens to bring down his school, it's up to Grumbolt to go where no good toy has gone before and prove he's truly a great toy after all.This laugh-out-loud chapter book by Brian Lynch, the writer of Minions and a writer of The Secret Life of Pets, is a classic in the making.
Download or read book The Dragon at the North Pole written by Kate Klimo and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using magic snowshoes, cousins Jesse and Daisy travel to the North Pole to retrieve their pet dragon.
Download or read book Seaside Romance written by Mia Ross and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Safe in His Arms Running away from her troubled city life, Lauren Foster never thought she'd find herself in small-town Maine. But Holiday Harbor is everything she's looking for. The townspeople are welcoming, her job at her friend's toy store is going well and, most important, she's safe. Meeting contractor Ben Thomas soon changes all that. With his good looks, easygoing nature and kind heart, he's turning her peaceful new life upside down. She's quickly falling for the local hero, but when her past catches up to her present, is she willing to face her fears for the future she's always dreamed of? Holiday Harbor: Where love is just around the bend
Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1985-11-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1985-11-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Download or read book Babes in Toyland written by Victor Herbert and published by Dramatic Publishing. This book was released on 1978-12 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Toy Story Welcome to Andy s Room Beyond written by Disney Book Group and published by Disney Press. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little explorers can travel through the worlds of Toy Story with Buzz and Woody in this delightfully illustrated and fun-filled picture book. Featuring hundreds of objects and labels scattered throughout multiple playtime locations, little readers can expand their vocabulary with some of their favorite Pixar pals, making it a great reading tool for even the youngest Toy Story fan.
Download or read book Toyland written by Elizabeth C. Axford and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-23 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lost Princess The China Doll Tale An Epic Play written by M. L. Bradley and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-05-27 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A King and Queen of Bones will rule in the place of the Hooded until a girl of Human decent arrives to place the Lost Princess back in power and return the Magic and Beauty to all of Toyland by defeating the Hooded...
Download or read book Adventures in Toyland written by Edith King Hall and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young girl wanders into her aunt's toy shop after the store is closed and discovers that her favorite toy, a dancing Marionette, can walk and talk. The Marionette proceeds to tell her stories of the other toys--one each day for the remainder of her visit with her aunt.
Download or read book Babes in Toyland written by Victor Herbert and published by Ideals Publications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A retelling, based on the 1903 operetta, of the classic story of how two children from Mother Goose Land are pursued into the magical Toyland by an evil uncle who wants to kill them for their fortune.
